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US8203799B2 US12/925,753 US92575310A US8203799B2 US 8203799 B2 US8203799 B2 US 8203799B2 US 92575310 A US92575310 A US 92575310A US 8203799 B2 US8203799 B2 US 8203799B2
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  • the present invention relates to a lens component which is to be incorporated particularly in an optical system, and an image forming optical system using the lens component, and to an electronic image pickup apparatus such as a video camera and a digital camera having this image forming optical system.
  • the functional specifications are small size, slimness, light weight, low cost, and high image quality etc. From among the functional specifications, for the light weight, using an organic optical material having a low specific gravity in designing of an optical system has been taken into consideration, and has been used in some of the products.
  • the organic optical materials have a problem of design constraints such as (i) the change in properties with respect to the temperature change is substantial as compared to that of glass, (ii) low refractive index, and (iii) when combined with glass, a difference in coefficient of expansion with that of glass is substantial, it has not yet been introduced proactively.
  • the organic optical material is introduced in the last lens unit. This is because the last lens unit is a lens unit having a small effect paraxially or on aberration.
  • an organic optical material has been introduced proactively while taking into consideration properties of organic optical material as in embodiments described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open Publication Nos. Hei 6-273670, 2005-128194, and 2008-310133.
  • a lens component according to a first aspect of the present invention is a cemented lens which includes a lens LA and a lens LB, and an absolute value of a refracting power of the lens LB is smaller than an absolute value of a refracting power of the lens LA, and the lens component satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) and (3). 0.01 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 2 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0.06 (1) 0.5 ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 1 ⁇ T ⁇ 2 /T ⁇ 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 1 (3)
  • ⁇ 1 denotes Abbe's number (nd1 ⁇ 1)/(nF1 ⁇ nC1) of the lens LA
  • ⁇ 2 denotes Abbe's number (nd2 ⁇ 1)/(nF2 ⁇ nC2) of the lens LB
  • nd1, nC1, nF1, and ng1 denote refractive indices of the lens LA for a d-line, a C-line, an F-line, and a g-line respectively,
  • nd2, nC2, nF2, and ng2 denote refractive indices of the lens LB for the d-line, the c-line, the F-line, and the g-line respectively,
  • T ⁇ 1 denotes a reciprocal of a temperature dispersion of the lens LA
  • T ⁇ 2 is a reciprocal of a temperature dispersion of the lens LB
  • T ⁇ d ( nd 20 ⁇ 1)/( nd 00 ⁇ nd 40)
  • nd00 is a refractive index of the d-line of a lens medium at 0° C.
  • nd20 is a refractive index of the d-line of the lens medium at 20° C.
  • nd40 is a refractive index of the d-line of the lens medium at 40° C.
  • an image forming optical system includes in order from an object side, a lens group B having a negative refracting power, a lens group C having a positive refracting power, and one or two more lens groups additionally, and the lens group C moves only toward the object side at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and one of the lens components described above is used in the lens group B.
  • an electronic image pickup apparatus includes one of the image forming optical systems described above, and an electronic image pickup element which picks up an image which has been formed through the image forming optical system.
  • An electronic image pickup apparatus includes an image forming optical system, an image pickup element, and an image processing means which outputs data as image data in which, a shape of the image has been changed by processing image data obtained by picking up an image by the electronic image pickup element, which has been formed through the image forming optical system, and zoom lens system satisfies the following conditional expression (A) at the time of infinite object point focusing. 0.7 ⁇ y 07 /( fw ⁇ tan ⁇ 07w ) ⁇ 0.97 (A)
  • ⁇ 07w denotes an angle with an optical axis in a direction of an object point corresponding to an image point connecting to a position of y 07 from a center on the image pickup surface at the wide angle end
  • fw denotes a focal length of the overall image forming optical system at the wide angle end.
  • FIG. 1A , FIG. 1B , and FIG. 1C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a first embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 1A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 1B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 1C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 2A , FIG. 2B , and FIG. 2C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the first embodiment, where, FIG. 2A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 2B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 2C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 3A , FIG. 3B , and FIG. 3C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a second embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 3A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 3B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 3C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 4A , FIG. 4B , and FIG. 4C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the second embodiment, where, FIG. 4A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 4B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 4C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 5A , FIG. 5B , and FIG. 5C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a third embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 5A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 5B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 5C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 6A , FIG. 6B , and FIG. 6C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the third embodiment, where, FIG. 6A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 6B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 6C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 7A , FIG. 7B , and FIG. 7C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 7A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 7B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 7C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 8A , FIG. 8B , and FIG. 8C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fourth embodiment, where, FIG. 8A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 8B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 8C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 9A , FIG. 9B , and FIG. 9C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 9A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 9B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 9C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 10A , FIG. 10B , and FIG. 10C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fifth embodiment, where, FIG. 10A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 10B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 10C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 11A , FIG. 11B , and FIG. 11C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 11A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 11B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 11C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 12A , FIG. 12B , and FIG. 12C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the sixth embodiment, where, FIG. 12A shows a state at the wide angle end; FIG. 12B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 12C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 13A , FIG. 13B , and FIG. 13C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 13A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 13B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 13C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 14A , FIG. 14B , and FIG. 14C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the seventh embodiment, where, FIG. 14A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 14B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 14C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 15A , FIG. 15B , and FIG. 15C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 15A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 15B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 15C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 16A , FIG. 16B , and FIG. 16C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eighth embodiment, where, FIG. 16A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 16B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 16C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 17A , FIG. 17B , and FIG. 17C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 17A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 17B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 17C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 18A , FIG. 18B , and FIG. 18C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the ninth embodiment, where, FIG. 18A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 18B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 18C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 19A , FIG. 19B , and FIG. 19C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 19A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 19B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 19C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 20A , FIG. 20B , and FIG. 20C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the tenth embodiment, where, FIG. 20A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 20B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 20C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 21A , FIG. 21B , and FIG. 21C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 21A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 21B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 21C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 22A , FIG. 22B , and FIG. 22C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eleventh embodiment, where, FIG. 22A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 22B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 22C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 23A , FIG. 23B , and FIG. 23C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 23A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 23B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 23C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 24A , FIG. 24B , and FIG. 24C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the twelfth embodiment, where, FIG. 24A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 24B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 24C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 25A , FIG. 25B , and FIG. 25C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 25A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 25B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 25C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 26A , FIG. 26B , and FIG. 26C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the thirteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 26A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 26B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 26C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 27A , FIG. 27B , and FIG. 27C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a fourteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 27A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 27B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 27C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 28A , FIG. 28B , and FIG. 28C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fourteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 28A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 28B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 28C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 29A , FIG. 29B , and FIG. 29C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a fifteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 29A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 29B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 29C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 30A , FIG. 30B , and FIG. 30C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fifteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 30A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 30B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 30C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 31A , FIG. 31B , and FIG. 31C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a sixteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 31A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 31B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 31C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 32A , FIG. 32B , and FIG. 32C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the sixteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 32A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 32B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 32C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 33A , FIG. 33B , and FIG. 33C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to a seventeenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 33A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 33B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 33C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 34A , FIG. 34B , and FIG. 34C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the seventeenth embodiment, where, FIG. 34A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 34B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 34C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 35A , FIG. 35B , and FIG. 35C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of a zoom lens according to an eighteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 35 A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 35B shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 35C shows a state at a telephoto end;
  • FIG. 36A , FIG. 36B , and FIG. 36C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eighteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 36A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 36B , shows an intermediate state, and FIG. 36C shows a state at the telephoto end;
  • FIG. 37 is a front perspective view showing an appearance of a digital camera 40 in which, a zoom lens according to the present invention is incorporated;
  • FIG. 38 is a rear perspective view of the digital camera 40 ;
  • FIG. 39 is a cross-sectional view showing an optical arrangement of the digital camera 40 ;
  • FIG. 40 is a front perspective view of a state in which, a cover of a personal computer 300 which is an example of an information processing unit in which, the zoom lens of the present invention is built-in as an objective optical system, is opened;
  • FIG. 41 is a cross-sectional view of a photographic optical system 303 of the personal computer 300 ;
  • FIG. 42 is a side view of the personal computer 300 .
  • FIG. 43A , FIG. 43B , and FIG. 43C are diagrams showing a mobile telephone which is an example of an information processing apparatus in which, the zoom lens of the present invention is incorporated as a photographic optical system, where, FIG. 43A is a front view of a mobile telephone, FIG. 43B is a side view of the mobile telephone 400 , and FIG. 43C is a cross-sectional view of a photographic optical system 405 .
  • a lens having a positive value of a paraxial focal length is let to be a positive lens and a lens having a negative value of a paraxial focal length is let to be a negative lens.
  • a lens component according to the embodiments is a cemented lens which includes a lens LA and a lens LB, and an absolute value of a refracting power of the lens LB is smaller than an absolute value of a refracting power of the lens LA, and the lens component satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) and (3). 0.01 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 2 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0.06 (1) 0.5 ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 1 ⁇ T ⁇ 2/ T ⁇ 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 1 (3)
  • ⁇ 1 denotes Abbe's number (nd1 ⁇ 1)/(nF1 ⁇ nC1) of the lens LA
  • ⁇ 2 denotes Abbe's number (nd2 ⁇ 1)/(nF2 ⁇ nC2) of the lens LB
  • nd1, nC1, nF1, and ng1 denote refractive indices of the lens LA for a d-line, a C-line, an F-line, and a g-line respectively,
  • nd2, nC2, nF2, and ng2 denote refractive indices of the lens LB for the d-line, the c-line, the F-line, and the g-line respectively,
  • T ⁇ 1 denotes a reciprocal of a temperature dispersion of the lens LA
  • T ⁇ 2 is a reciprocal of a temperature dispersion of the lens LB
  • T ⁇ d ( nd 20 ⁇ 1)/( nd 00 ⁇ nd 40)
  • nd00 is a refractive index of the d-line of a lens medium at 0° C.
  • nd20 is a refractive index of the d-line of the lens medium at 20° C.
  • nd40 is a refractive index of the d-line of the lens medium at 40° C.
  • Conditional expression (1) is a condition necessary for correction of a chromatic aberration, and when a lower limit value of the conditional expression (1) is surpassed, insufficient correction of the chromatic aberration is susceptible to occur when the lens component is introduced in an optical system. Whereas, when an upper limit value of the conditional expression (1) is surpassed, there is no problem whatsoever from a view point of correction of the chromatic aberration. However, a material of the lens may not exist in nature.
  • the lens LA and the lens LB are cemented with an object of correction of the chromatic aberration in particular.
  • a material of any one of the lens LA and the lens LB is an organic optical material, an image point movement due to a temperature cannot be neglected. Consequently, it is better to cancel the image point movement due to a change in temperature such that both cancel the chromatic aberration.
  • it is ideal to satisfy the following relational expression (3a). ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 1 T ⁇ 2/ T ⁇ 1 (3a)
  • canceling of the image point movement is not necessarily as strict as correction of the chromatic aberration. Therefore, even if relational expression (3a) is not satisfied, and conditional expression (3) is satisfied, it is possible to have canceling of the image point movement and correction of the chromatic aberration.
  • conditional expression (3) when an upper limit of conditional expression (3) is surpassed, or when a lower limit of conditional expression (3) is surpassed, the image point movement becomes excessively substantial when the lens component is introduced in the optical system. In this case, for adjustment of focus, large space for movement of the lens is necessary. In this manner, when conditional expression (3) is not satisfied, it is not preferable for thinning.
  • the lens LA and the lens LB When an organic optical material is used for the lens LA and the lens LB, it has been known that it is favorable to make a surface aspheric.
  • the lens LA and the lens LB are cemented to make the overall optical system thin. Moreover, targeting an effect by making the cemented surface aspheric, the effect is used for aberration correction.
  • the cemented surface of the cemented lens is an aspheric surface and satisfies the following conditional expression (5). ⁇ 0.05 ⁇ n 2 ⁇ n 1 ⁇ 0.3 (5)
  • n1 denotes a refractive index of the lens LA for the d-line
  • n2 denotes a refractive index of the lens LB for the d-line.
  • conditional expression (5) When an upper limit value of conditional expression (5) is surpassed, or when a lower limit value of conditional expression (5) is surpassed, it is possible to correct the chromatic aberration of magnification and a range between wavelengths of the spherical aberration and the coma aberration, but since the spherical aberration, the coma aberration, and distortion of reference wavelength are susceptible to deteriorate, it is not preferable.
  • a coefficient of linear expansion is one of the properties of an organic optical material. Both these properties have an effect on optical characteristics of an optical system.
  • a difference in linear expansion of the lens LA and linear expansion of the lens LB becomes substantial essentially.
  • optical performance of the optical system there is an effect on optical performance of the optical system.
  • organic materials are materials having a small difference of dispersion, since the basic properties resemble, the aberration correction becomes difficult.
  • the lens LB is to be sandwiched by the lens LA and the lens LC, and a material having basic properties resembling with basic properties of the lens LA is to be used as a material of the lens LC.
  • a material having basic properties resembling with basic properties of the lens LA is to be used as a material of the lens LC.
  • the lens component of the embodiments further includes the lens LC, and that the lens LA, the lens LB, and the lens LC are cemented in order of the lens LA, the lens LB, and the lens LC in the cemented lens, and the lens component satisfies the following conditional expressions (2) and (4). 0.01 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 2 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 13 ⁇ 0.06 (2) 0.5 ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 13 ⁇ T ⁇ 2 /T ⁇ 13 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 13 (4)
  • ⁇ 3 denotes Abbe's number (nd3 ⁇ 1)/(nF3 ⁇ nC3) of the lens LC
  • nd3, nC3, nF3, and ng3 denote refractive indices of the lens LC for the d-line, the C-line, the F-line, and the g-line respectively,
  • ⁇ 13 denotes a harmonic mean value of the Abbe's number ⁇ 1 and the Abbe's number ⁇ 3,
  • T ⁇ 3 denotes a reciprocal of a temperature dispersion of the lens LC
  • T ⁇ 13 denotes a harmonic mean value of the T ⁇ 1 and the T ⁇ 3.
  • the cemented lens includes three lenses.
  • conditional expression (2) is equivalent to conditional expression (1).
  • conditional expression (4) is equivalent to conditional expression (3). Therefore, technical significance of conditional expression (2) and conditional expression (4) is same as technical significance of conditional expression (1) and conditional expression (3).
  • the harmonic mean is an inverse number of ′an arithmetic mean of 1256619064537 — 0′ of x 1 , . . . , x n .
  • a cemented surface of a cemented lens is an aspheric surface, and the lens component satisfies the following conditional expressions (5) and (6). ⁇ 0.05 ⁇ n 2 ⁇ n 1 ⁇ 0.3 (5) ⁇ 0.05 ⁇ n 2 ⁇ n 3 ⁇ 0.3 (6)
  • the lens component satisfies the following conditional expressions (1′), (2′), (3′), (4′), (5′), and (6′) instead of conditional expressions (1) to (6).
  • conditional expressions (1′), (2′), (3′), (4′), (5′), and (6′) instead of conditional expressions (1) to (6).
  • the lens component satisfies the following conditional expressions (1′′), (2′′), (3′′), (4′′), (5′′), and (6′′) instead of conditional expressions (1) to (6).
  • 0.02 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 2 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0.04 (1′′) 0.02 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 2 ⁇ 1/ ⁇ 13 ⁇ 0.04 (2′′) ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 1 ⁇ T ⁇ 2/ T ⁇ 1 ⁇ 4 ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 1 (3′′) ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 13 ⁇ T ⁇ 2/ T ⁇ 13 ⁇ 4 ⁇ 2/ ⁇ 13 (4′′) ⁇ 0.0 ⁇ n 2 ⁇ n 1 ⁇ 0.15 (5′′) ⁇ 0.0 ⁇ n 2 ⁇ n 3 ⁇ 0.15 (6′′)
  • conditional expression (1) When a plurality of conditional expressions is satisfied simultaneously, one of the plurality conditional expressions can be replaced.
  • conditional expression (1) and conditional expression (3) are satisfied, conditional expression (1) may be replaced by conditional expression (1′), and an arrangement may be made such that conditional expression (1′) and conditional expression (3) are satisfied.
  • ⁇ gF and ⁇ 2 of the lens LB are included in both areas namely, an area which is determined by a straight line when ⁇ gF and ⁇ 2 of the lens LB are lower limit values of a range in the following conditional expression (7) and a straight line when ⁇ gF and ⁇ 2 of the lens LB are upper limit values of the range in the following conditional expression (7), and an area which is determined by the following conditional expression (8) 0.7000 ⁇ gF ⁇ 0.8000 (7) 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 27 (8)
  • ⁇ gF is a partial dispersion ratio (ng2 ⁇ nF2)/(nF2 ⁇ nC2) of the lens LB.
  • conditional expression (7) When a lower limit value of conditional expression (7) is surpassed, correction of the chromatic aberration by a secondary spectrum, or in other words, correction of chromatic aberration of g-line when an achromatism is carried out by an F-line and a C-line is not sufficient. Therefore, in an image which is picked up, it becomes difficult to secure sharpness of the image. Whereas, when an upper limit value of conditional expression (7) is surpassed, there is an excessive correction of the secondary spectrum, and in an image which is picked up, it becomes difficult to secure the sharpness of the image.
  • conditional expression (8) when an upper limit value of conditional expression (8) is surpassed, or when a lower limit value of conditional expression (8) is surpassed, the achromatism for the F-line and the C-line becomes difficult, and a fluctuation in the chromatic aberration at the time of zooming becomes substantial. Therefore, in the image which is picked up, it becomes difficult to secure the sharpness of the image. Particularly, when the upper limit value is surpassed, the correction of the chromatic aberration becomes even more difficult.
  • conditional expression (7′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (7).
  • conditional expression (7′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (7).
  • conditional expression (8′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (8).
  • conditional expression (8′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (8).
  • ⁇ hg and ⁇ 2 of the lens LB are included in both areas namely, an area which is determined by a straight line when ⁇ hg and ⁇ 2 of the lens LB are lower limit values of a range in the following conditional expression (9) and a straight line when ⁇ hg and ⁇ 2 of the lens LB are upper limit values of the range in the following conditional expression (9), and an area which is determined by the following conditional expression (8) 0.6900 ⁇ hg ⁇ 0.8200 (9) 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 27 (8)
  • ⁇ hg is a partial dispersion ratio (nh2 ⁇ ng2)/(nF2 ⁇ nC2) of the lens LB, and
  • nh2 is a refractive index of the lens LB at an h-line.
  • conditional expression (9) When a lower limit value in conditional expression (9) is surpassed, correction of the chromatic aberration by the secondary spectrum, or in words, correction of the chromatic aberration of h-line when an achromatism is carried out by the F-line and the C-line is not sufficient any more. Therefore, in an image which is picked up, color spreading and color flare of violet (purple) in the image are susceptible to occur.
  • conditional expression (9) when an upper limit value of conditional expression (9) is surpassed, the correction of the chromatic aberration by the secondary spectrum when a glass material is used for a negative (concave) lens, or in other words, correction of chromatic aberration of h-line when achromatism is carried out by F-line and C-line becomes insufficient. Therefore, in the image which is picked up, the color spreading and color flare of violet are suspected to occur.
  • conditional expression (9′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (9). 0.7000 ⁇ hg ⁇ 0.8000 (9′)
  • conditional expression (9′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (9).
  • the lens component it is preferable to make an arrangement such that the lens LA and the lens LB have a refracting power of mutually opposite sign.
  • the correction of chromatic aberration and temperature correction can be carried out favorably.
  • the lens LA and the lens LB have a refracting power of the same sign.
  • the correction of chromatic aberration and temperature correction can be carried out favorably.
  • the lens LC and the lens LA have a refracting power of same sign, and satisfy the following conditional expression (10). ⁇ 2.0 ⁇ log( ⁇ 3/ ⁇ 1) ⁇ 0 (10)
  • ⁇ 1 denotes the refracting power of the lens LA
  • ⁇ 3 denotes the refracting power of the lens LC.
  • conditional expression (10) When an upper limit in conditional expression (10) is surpassed, although there is no loss of an effect of reducing an effect of the coefficient of linear expansion by cementing three lenses, power is concentrated in one of the lenses. In this case, a merit from a view point of aberration correction due to the increase in number of lenses cannot be used fully, and there is an increase in thickness of the overall lens component.
  • conditional expression (10′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (10).
  • conditional expression (10′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (10).
  • the lens component of the embodiments has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • it is easy to use in an image forming optical system.
  • An image forming optical system of the embodiments includes in order from an object side, a lens group B having a negative refracting power, a lens group C having a positive refracting power, and one or two more lens groups additionally, and the lens group C moves only to the object side at the time of zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and the abovementioned lens component is used in the first lens group B.
  • the above-mentioned lens component is used for a lens component having a negative refracting power, among lens components in the lens group B.
  • the lens group B includes only the lens component.
  • the abovementioned lens component is used for a negative lens component Bn 2 which is second from the object side, of the lens group B.
  • the image forming optical system of the embodiments it is preferable to make an arrangement such that there is a lens group A which is on the object side than the lens group B.
  • the lens group A has a negative lens and a reflecting optical element for folding an optical path, in order from the object side, along a direction of traveling of light.
  • An image forming optical system of the embodiment may be let to be an image forming optical system which includes in order from an object side, a lens group A having a positive refracting power, a lens group B having a negative refracting power, a lens group C having a positive refracting power and which moves only toward the object side at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and one or two more lens groups.
  • the abovementioned lens component is used for the negative lens component Bn 2 which is second from the object side, of the lens group B.
  • the image forming optical system of the embodiments includes a negative lens component Bn 1 which is first from the object side, of the lens group B, and which satisfies the following conditional expression (17). 1.85 ⁇ nBn 1 ⁇ 2.35 (17)
  • nBn 1 denotes a refractive index for a d-line of the negative lens component Bn 1 .
  • conditional expression (17′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (17). 1.90 ⁇ nBn 1 ⁇ 2.30 (17′)
  • conditional expression (17′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (17). 2.00 ⁇ nBn 1 ⁇ 2.25 (17′′)
  • the image forming optical system includes a negative lens component Bn 1 which is first from the object side, of the lens group B, and a positive lens component Bp which is disposed toward an image side of the negative lens component Bn 2 , and satisfies the following conditional expression (18). ⁇ 0.10 ⁇ nBn 1 ⁇ nBp ⁇ 0.40 (18)
  • nB 1 denotes a refractive index for the d-line of the negative lens component Bn 1 .
  • nBp denotes a refractive index for the d-line of the positive lens component Bp.
  • conditional expression (18) When an upper limit value of conditional expression (18) is surpassed, a fluctuation in the coma aberration at the time of zooming of the image forming optical system is susceptible to be substantial. Whereas, when a lower limit value of conditional expression (18) is surpassed, Petzval's sum is susceptible to take a negative value.
  • conditional expression (18′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (18).
  • conditional expression (18′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (18). 0.03 ⁇ nBn 1 ⁇ nBp ⁇ 0.08 (18′′)
  • the image forming optical system of the embodiments includes a negative lens component Bn 1 which is first from the object side of the lens group B, and a negative lens component Bn 2 , and satisfies the following conditional expression (19). 0.05 ⁇ Bn 2/ ⁇ Bn 1 ⁇ 0.80 (19)
  • ⁇ Bn 1 denotes a refracting power of the negative lens component Bn 1 .
  • ⁇ Bn 2 denotes a refracting power of the negative lens component Bn 2 .
  • conditional expression (19) When a lower limit value in conditional expression (19) is surpassed, there is an excessive load on the negative lens component Bn 1 . Therefore, it is not favorable for correction of the coma aberration, the astigmatism, and the distortion particularly at a wide angle side. Moreover, when an upper limit value in conditional expression (19) is surpassed, it is not favorable for small-sizing and thinning, and thereby for shortening of the overall length.
  • conditional expression (19′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (19). 0.10 ⁇ ⁇ Bn 2 / ⁇ Bn 1 ⁇ 0.70 (19′)
  • conditional expression (19′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (19). 0.15 ⁇ Bn 2/ ⁇ Bn 1 ⁇ 0.60 (19′′)
  • the image forming optical system of the embodiments satisfies the following conditional expression (20). ⁇ 0.05 ⁇ ( ⁇ z 1 ( h ) ⁇ z 4 ( h )/( fw ⁇ tan ⁇ 10w ) ⁇ 0.08 (20)
  • z 1 denotes a shape of an air-contact surface I of the lens LA, and is a shape according to conditional expression (11) when a paraxial radius of curvature R is let to be R 1 ,
  • ⁇ z 1 denotes an aspheric surface component of the air-contact surface I of the lens LA, and is a component according to conditional expression (12) when the paraxial radius of curvature R is let to be R 1 ,
  • z 4 denotes a shape of an air-contact surface IV of the lens LC, and is a shape according to conditional expression (11) when the paraxial radius of curvature R is let to be R 4 ,
  • ⁇ z 4 denotes an aspheric surface component of the air-contact surface IV of the lens LC, and is a component according to conditional expression (12) when the paraxial radius of curvature R is let to be R 4 ,
  • ⁇ 10w denotes a maximum angle of field at the wide angle end
  • fw denotes a focal length of the overall system at the wide angle end, of the image forming optical system.
  • z 3 which denotes a shape of an air-contact surface III of the lens LB, ⁇ z 3 , and R 3 are to be used instead of z 4 which denotes the shape of the air-contact surface IV of the lens LC, ⁇ z 4 , and R 4 .
  • conditional expression (20) When a lower limit value of conditional expression (20) is surpassed, a correction level of the coma aberration, the astigmatism, and the distortion particularly at the wide angle end is susceptible to be insufficient. Whereas, when an upper limit value of conditional expression (20) is surpassed, one of the abovementioned aberrations is susceptible to be rather deteriorated in an opposite direction.
  • conditional expression (20′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (20).
  • conditional expression (20′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (20).
  • the electronic image pickup apparatus includes the above-mentioned image forming optical system, and an electronic image pickup element which picks up an image which has been formed through the image forming optical system.
  • the electronic image pickup apparatus includes a lens LC, and a cemented surface II is formed by the lens LA and the lens LB, and a cemented surface III is formed by the lens LB and the lens LC, and when coordinate axes are let to be such that, an optical axial direction is let to be z and a direction perpendicular to the optical axis is let to be h, R is let to be a radius of curvature on the optical axis of an aspheric surface component, k is let to be a conical constant, and A 4 , A 6 , A 8 , A 10 , . . . are let to be aspheric surface coefficients,
  • P which is defined by the following expression (13) satisfies the following conditional expression (14). ⁇ 5.0 e ⁇ 4 ⁇ P ⁇ 5.0 e ⁇ 4 (14)
  • R 2 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of the cemented surface II
  • R 3 denotes a paraxial radius of curvature of the cemented surface III
  • z 2 denotes a shape of the cemented surface II, and is according to expression (11),
  • ⁇ z 2 denotes an aspheric surface component of the cemented surface II, and is a component according to expression (12),
  • z 3 denotes a shape of the cemented surface III, and is according to expression (11), and
  • ⁇ z 3 denotes an aspheric surface component of the cemented surface III, and is a component according to expression (12), and
  • ⁇ is a refracting power of the lens component
  • m 1.4 when has a prism for folding an optical path to the lens group A
  • y 10 denotes a distance from a center up to the farthest point in an effective image pickup surface of the electronic image pickup element which is disposed near an image forming position of the image forming optical system
  • fw denotes a focal length of the overall system at the wide angle end of the image forming optical system
  • ⁇ denotes a zoom ratio (a focal length of the overall system at the telephoto end/a focal length of the overall system at the wide angle end), and
  • conditional expression (14) When a lower limit value of conditional expression (14) is surpassed, it becomes difficult to correct chromatic aberration of higher order while correcting the coma aberration, particularly at the wide angle side, or in other words, it becomes difficult to correct a high-order component (distortion of color) related to an image height of the spherical aberration of color, the chromatic aberration, and the chromatic aberration of magnification while correcting the coma aberration, particularly at the wide angle side. Whereas, when an upper limit value of conditional expression (14) is surpassed, the correction of these chromatic aberrations of higher order becomes excessive but, an aberration for wavelengths which are reference, such as d-line, is deteriorated.
  • conditional expression (14′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (14). ⁇ 4.0 e ⁇ 4 ⁇ P ⁇ 3.0 e ⁇ 4 (14′)
  • conditional expression (14′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (14).
  • the electronic image pickup apparatus described above includes a lens LC, and a cemented surface II is formed by the lens LA and the lens LB, and a cemented surface III is formed by the lens LB and the lens LC, and when coordinate axes are let to be such that an optical axial direction is let to be z and a direction perpendicular to the optical axis is let to be h, R is let to be a radius of curvature on the optical axis of an aspheric surface component, k is let to be a conical constant, and A 4 , A 6 , A 8 , A 10 , . . . are let to be aspheric surface coefficients,
  • z 2 denotes a shape of the cemented surface II, and is according to expression (11),
  • z 3 denotes a shape of the cemented surface III or a shape of an air-contact surface of the lens LB, and is according to expression (11),
  • m 1.4 when has a prism for folding an optical path to the lens group A
  • y 10 denotes a distance from a center up to the farthest point in an effective image pickup surface of the electronic image pickup element which is disposed near an image forming position of the image forming optical system
  • fw denotes a focal length of the overall system at the wide angle end of the image forming optical system
  • ⁇ denotes a zoom ratio (a focal length of the overall system at the telephoto end/a focal length of the overall system at the wide angle end), and
  • conditional expression (16) When a lower limit value of conditional expression (16) is surpassed, the correction of the chromatic aberration is susceptible to be insufficient. When an upper limit value of conditional expression (16) is surpassed, it becomes difficult to secure edge thickness of a surrounding portion when thinning process of a positive lens is taken into consideration.
  • conditional expression (16′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (16). 0.08 ⁇
  • conditional expression (16′′) is satisfied instead of conditional expression (16). 0.10 ⁇
  • an electronic image pickup apparatus of the embodiments includes an image forming optical system described above, an image pickup element, and an image processing means which outputs data as image data in which, a shape of the image has been changed by processing image data obtained by picking up an image by the electronic image pickup element which has been formed through the image forming optical system, and the image forming optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (A) at the time of infinite object point focusing 0.7 ⁇ y 07 /( fw ⁇ tan ⁇ 07w ) ⁇ 0.97 (A)
  • ⁇ 07w denotes an angle with an optical axis in a direction of object point corresponding to an image point connecting to a position of y 07 from a center on the image pickup surface at the wide angle end
  • fw denotes a focal length of the overall image forming optical system at the wide angle end.
  • a lens shape in each embodiment, this indicates at least a paraxial shape.
  • a lens surface which is an aspheric surface, it may be a biconcave shape or a biconvex shape at a peripheral portion as the case may be.
  • FIG. 1A , FIG. 1B , and FIG. 1C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the first embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 1A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 1B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 1C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 2A , FIG. 2B , and FIG. 2C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration (SA), an astigmatism (AS), a distortion (DT), and a chromatic aberration of magnification (CC) at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the first embodiment, where, FIG. 2A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 2B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 2C shows a state at the telephoto end. Moreover, FIY denotes an image height. Symbols in the aberration diagrams are same even in the embodiments to be described later.
  • the zoom lens of the first embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, and a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power.
  • LPF or F denotes a low pass filter
  • CG or C denotes a cover glass
  • I denotes an image pickup surface of the electronic image pickup element.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L 1 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a positive meniscus lens L 2 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a negative meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the negative meniscus lens L 1 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 2 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the negative meniscus lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LB
  • a glass material C is used for the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 4 and a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop S is disposed between the biconvex positive lens L 4 and the negative meniscus lens L 5 .
  • the third lens group G 3 includes a biconvex positive lens L 6 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 After moving toward an image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 after moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to seven surfaces namely, a surface on the object side of the negative meniscus lens L 1 on the object side and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 3 in the first lens group G 1 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 4 and both surfaces of the negative meniscus lens L 5 in the second lens group G 2 , and a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 6 in the third lens group G 3 .
  • FIG. 3A , FIG. 3B , and FIG. 3C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the second embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 3A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 3B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 3C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 4A , FIG. 4B , and FIG. 4C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the second embodiment, where, FIG. 4A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 4B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 4 c shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the second embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, and a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L 1 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a positive meniscus lens L 2 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a negative meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the negative meniscus lens L 1 corresponds to the lens LC
  • the positive meniscus lens L 2 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the negative meniscus lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LA.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material C is used for the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 4 and a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop S is disposed between the biconvex positive lens L 4 and the negative meniscus lens L 5 .
  • the third lens group G 3 includes a biconvex positive lens L 6 and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 After moving toward an image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 after moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to seven surfaces namely, a surface on the object side of the negative meniscus lens L 1 on the object side and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 3 in the first lens group G 1 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 4 and both surfaces of the negative meniscus lens L 5 in the second lens group G 2 , and a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 6 in the third lens group G 3 .
  • FIG. 5A , FIG. 5B , and FIG. 5C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the third embodiment, where, FIG. 5A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 5B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 5C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 6A , FIG. 6B , and FIG. 6C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the third embodiment, where, FIG. 6A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 6B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 6C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the third embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a negative refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 5 includes a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L 1 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a positive meniscus lens L 2 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and a biconcave negative lens L 3 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the negative meniscus lens L 1 corresponds to the lens LC
  • the positive meniscus lens L 2 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the biconcave negative lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LA.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 4 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a positive meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop S is disposed between the negative meniscus lens L 5 and the positive meniscus lens L 6 .
  • the positive meniscus lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the negative meniscus lens L 5 corresponds to the lens LB.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes a positive meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward the image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a biconcave negative lens L 8 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the image side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 is fixed.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to eight surfaces namely, both surfaces of the negative meniscus lens L 1 and a surface on the object side of the biconcave negative lens L 3 in the first lens group G 1 , a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 4 on the object side, a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 5 , and a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 6 on the image side in the second lens group G 2 , a surface on the image side of the positive meniscus lens L 7 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the object side of the biconcave negative lens L 8 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 7A , FIG. 7B , and FIG. 7C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fourth embodiment, where, FIG. 7A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 7B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 7C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 8A , FIG. 8B , and FIG. 8C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fourth embodiment, where, FIG. 8A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 8B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 8C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the fourth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a negative refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 1 , a positive meniscus lens L 2 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a negative meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 1 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 2 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the negative meniscus lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 4 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a biconvex positive lens L 6 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop S is disposed between the negative meniscus lens L 5 and the biconvex positive lens L 6 .
  • the positive meniscus lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LA and the negative meniscus lens L 5 corresponds to the lens LB. Moreover, a glass material A is used for the lens LA and a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes a positive meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a biconcave negative lens L 8 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the image side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 is fixed.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to eight surfaces namely, both surfaces of the biconcave negative lens L 1 and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 3 in the first lend group G 1 , a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 4 , a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 5 , and a surface on the object side of the biconvex positive lens L 6 in the second lens group G 2 , a surface on the image side of the positive meniscus lens L 7 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the object side of the biconcave negative lens L 8 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 9A , FIG. 9B , and FIG. 9C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 9A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 9B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 9C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 10A , FIG. 10B , and FIG. 10C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fifth embodiment, where, FIG. 10A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 10B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 100 shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the fifth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, an aperture stop S, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a negative refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 1 and a positive meniscus lens L 2 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 1 corresponds to the lens LA and the positive meniscus lens L 2 corresponds to the lens LB. Moreover, a glass material A is used for the lens LA and a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 4 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a positive meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the positive meniscus lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the negative meniscus lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the positive meniscus lens L 5 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the lens group G 3 includes a positive meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 6 includes a biconcave negative lens L 7 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 After moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the image side, and the fourth lens group G 4 is fixed.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to eight surfaces namely, three surfaces of the cemented lens in the first lens group G 1 , a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 3 on the object side and both surfaces of the positive meniscus lens L 5 on the image side in the second lens group G 2 , a surface on the image side of the positive meniscus lens L 6 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the object side of the biconcave negative lens L 7 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 11A , FIG. 11B , and FIG. 11C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the sixth embodiment, where, FIG. 11A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 11B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 11C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 12A , FIG. 12B , and FIG. 12C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the sixth embodiment, where, FIG. 12A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 12B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 12C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the sixth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, an aperture stop S, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a negative refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 1 and a positive meniscus lens L 2 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 1 corresponds to the lens LA and the positive meniscus lens L 2 corresponds to the lens LB. Moreover, a glass material A is used for the lens LA and a glass material D is used from the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 4 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a positive meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the positive meniscus lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the negative meniscus lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the positive meniscus lens L 5 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material D is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes a positive meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a biconcave negative lens L 7 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 After moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the image side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 is fixed.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to eight surfaces namely, three surfaces of the cemented lens in the first lens group G 1 , a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 3 on the object side and both surfaces of the positive meniscus lens L 5 on the image side in the second lens group G 2 , a surface on the image side of the positive meniscus lens L 6 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the object side of the biconcave negative lens L 7 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 13A , FIG. 13B , and FIG. 13C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 13A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 13B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 13C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 14A , FIG. 14B , and FIG. 14C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the seventh embodiment, where, FIG. 14A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 14B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 14C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the seventh embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 1 , a positive meniscus lens L 2 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a negative meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 1 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 2 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the negative meniscus lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material D is used for the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of the positive meniscus lens L 4 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a biconvex positive lens L 6 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop is disposed between the negative meniscus lens L 5 and the biconvex positive lens L 6 .
  • the third lens group G 3 includes a positive meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a positive meniscus lens L 8 having a convex surface directed toward the image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 After moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the image side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 is fixed.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to six surfaces namely, both surfaces of the biconcave negative lens L 1 and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 3 in the first lens group G 1 , a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 4 and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 5 in the second lens group G 2 , and a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 8 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 15A , FIG. 15B , and FIG. 15C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 15A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 15B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 15C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 16A , FIG. 16B , and FIG. 16C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eighth embodiment, where, FIG. 16A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 16B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 16C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the eighth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a negative refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from an object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 1 , a positive meniscus lens L 2 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a positive meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 1 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 2 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the positive meniscus lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 4 , and a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a negative meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop S is disposed between the biconvex positive lens L 4 and the positive meniscus lens L 5 .
  • the third lens group G 3 includes a biconcave negative lens L 7 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a biconvex positive lens, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 After moving toward an image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 moves toward the image side.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to seven surfaces namely, both surfaces of the biconcave negative lens L 1 and a surface on the image side of the positive meniscus lens L 3 on the image side in the first lens group G 1 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 4 and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 6 in the second lens group G 2 , and a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 8 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 17A , FIG. 17B , and FIG. 17C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 17A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 17B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 17C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 18A , FIG. 18B , and FIG. 18C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the ninth embodiment, where, FIG. 18A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 18B shows an intermediate focal state, and FIG. 18C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the ninth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, an aperture stop S, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power, and a fifth lens group G 5 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L 1 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a biconvex positive lens L 2 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 4 , a positive meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a negative meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a positive meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 5 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the negative meniscus lens L 6 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 8 , a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 9 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a negative meniscus lens L 10 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a positive meniscus lens L 11 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 includes a positive meniscus lens L 12 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 after moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 after moving toward the object side, moves toward the image side.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 is fixed.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the third lens group G 3 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to seven surfaces namely, a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 2 in the first lens group G 1 , both surfaces of the biconcave negative lens L 4 and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 6 on the image side in the second lens group G 2 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 8 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 12 in the fifth lens group G 5 .
  • FIG. 19A , FIG. 19B , and FIG. 19C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 19A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 19B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 19C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 20A , FIG. 20B , and FIG. 20C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the tenth embodiment, where, FIG. 20A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 20B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 20C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the tenth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, an aperture stop S, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L 1 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a biconvex positive lens L 2 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a cemented lens of the biconcave negative lens L 4 and a positive meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a positive meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LA and the positive meniscus lens L 5 corresponds to the lens LB. Moreover, a glass material A is used for the lens LA and a glass material D is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 7 and a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 8 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a negative meniscus lens L 9 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a positive meniscus lens L 10 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 after moving toward an image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 after moving toward the object side, moves toward the image side.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the third lens group G 3 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to seven surfaces namely, a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 2 in the first lens group G 1 , three surfaces of the cemented lens in the second lens group G 2 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 7 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 10 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 21A , FIG. 21B , and FIG. 21C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 21A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 21B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 21C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 22A , FIG. 22B , and FIG. 22C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eleventh embodiment, where, FIG. 22A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 22B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 22C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the eleventh embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, an aperture stop S, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G 4 having a negative refracting power, and a fifth lens group G 5 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a biconcave negative lens L 1 , a prism L 2 , and a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a biconvex positive lens L 4 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 6 , a positive meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a negative meniscus lens L 8 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a positive meniscus lens L 9 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 6 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 7 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the negative meniscus lens L 8 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 10 and a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 11 having a convex surface directed toward an image side and a negative meniscus lens L 12 having a convex surface directed toward the image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a negative meniscus lens L 13 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 includes a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 14 and a biconvex positive lens L 15 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the image side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 moves toward the object side.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 is fixed.
  • the aperture stop S is fixed.
  • An aspheric surface is provided to ten surfaces namely, both surfaces of the biconcave negative lens L 1 and three surfaces of the cemented lens in the first lens group G 1 , a surface on the object side of the biconcave negative lens L 6 and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 8 on the image side in the second lens group G 2 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 10 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 15 in the fifth lens group G 5 .
  • FIG. 23A , FIG. 23B , and FIG. 23C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 23A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 23B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 23C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 24A , FIG. 24B , and FIG. 24C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the twelfth embodiment, where, FIG. 24A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 24B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 24C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the twelfth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, an aperture stop S, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens group G 4 having a negative refracting power, and a fifth lens group G 5 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a biconcave negative lens L 1 , a prism L 2 , and a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a biconvex positive lens L 4 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 6 and a positive meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a positive meniscus lens L 8 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 6 corresponds to the lens LA and the positive meniscus lens L 7 corresponds to the lens LB. Moreover, a glass material A is used for the lens LA and a glass material D is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 9 and a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 10 having a convex surface directed toward an image side and a negative meniscus lens L 11 having a convex surface directed toward the image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a negative meniscus lens L 12 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 includes a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 13 and a biconvex positive lens L 14 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 is fixed.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the image side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 moves toward the object side.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 after moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the third lens group G 3 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to 11 surfaces namely, both surfaces of the biconcave negative lens L 1 and three surfaces of the cemented lens in the first lens group G 1 , three surfaces of the cemented lens in the second lens group G 2 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 9 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 14 in the fifth lens group G 5 .
  • FIG. 25A , FIG. 25B , and FIG. 25C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 25A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 25B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 25C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 26A , FIG. 26B , and FIG. 26C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the thirteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 26A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 26B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 26C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the thirteenth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, an aperture stop S, a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power, and a fifth lens group G 5 having a negative refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a biconcave negative lens L 1 , a prism L 2 , and a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a biconvex positive lens L 4 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, a positive meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward the image side, and a negative meniscus lens L 8 having a convex surface directed toward the image side, and a positive meniscus lens L 9 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the negative meniscus lens L 6 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 7 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the negative meniscus lens L 8 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material D is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 10 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes a biconcave negative lens L 11 , a biconvex positive lens L 12 , and a biconvex positive lens L 13 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 includes a biconcave negative lens L 14 and a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 15 and a biconvex positive lens L 16 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the image side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 moves toward the image side.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 after moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the aperture stop S is fixed.
  • An aspheric surface is provided to ten surfaces namely, both surfaces of the biconcave negative lens L 1 and three surfaces of the cemented lens in the first lens group G 1 , a surface on the object side of the negative meniscus lens L 6 which is second from the object side and both surfaces of the negative meniscus lens L 8 nearest to the image side in the second lens group G 2 , a surface on the object side of the biconvex positive lens L 10 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 13 nearest to the image side in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 27A , FIG. 27B , and FIG. 27C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 27A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 27B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 27C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 28A , FIG. 28B , and FIG. 28C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fourteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 28A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 28B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 28C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the fourteenth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, an aperture stop S, a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power, a fifth lens group G 5 having a negative refracting power, and a sixth lens group G 6 .
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a biconcave negative lens L 1 , a prism L 2 , and a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a biconvex positive lens L 4 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a cemented lens of the positive meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward an image side and a biconcave negative lens L 7 , and a positive meniscus lens L 8 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the positive meniscus lens L 6 corresponds to the lens LB and the biconcave negative lens L 7 corresponds to the lens LA. Moreover, a glass material A is used for the lens LA and a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a positive meniscus lens L 9 having a convex surface directed toward the image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 10 , a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 11 and a biconvex positive lens L 12 , and a biconvex positive lens L 13 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 includes a negative meniscus lens L 14 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the sixth lens group G 6 includes a positive meniscus lens L 15 having a convex surface directed toward the image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 moves toward the object side.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the image side.
  • the third lens group G 3 is fixed.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 moves toward the object side.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 moves toward the object side.
  • the sixth lens group G 6 is fixed.
  • the aperture stop S is fixed.
  • An aspheric surface is provided to 12 surfaces namely, both surfaces of the biconcave negative lens L 1 and three surfaces of the cemented lens in the first lens group G 1 , three surfaces of the cemented lens in the third lens group G 2 , and both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 10 nearest to the object side and both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 13 nearest to the image side in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 29A , FIG. 29B , and FIG. 29C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at, the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fifteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 29A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 29B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 29C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 30A , FIG. 30B , and FIG. 30C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the fifteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 30A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 30B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 30C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the fifteenth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, an aperture stop S, a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power, and a fifth lens group G 5 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a biconcave negative lens L 1 , a prism L 2 , and a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 4 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a biconvex positive lens L 5 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 7 , a positive meniscus lens L 8 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a negative meniscus lens L 9 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a biconvex positive lens L 10 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 7 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 8 corresponds to the lens LB
  • the negative meniscus lens L 9 corresponds to the lens LC.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a positive meniscus lens L 11 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a positive meniscus lens L 12 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 13 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a biconvex positive lens L 14 , and a negative meniscus lens L 15 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 includes a positive meniscus lens L 16 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 is fixed.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the image side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 moves toward the object side.
  • the fifth lens group G 5 moves toward the image side.
  • the aperture stop S is fixed.
  • An aspheric surface is provided to six surfaces namely, both surfaces of the positive meniscus lens L 3 in the first lens group G 1 , a surface on the object side of the biconcave negative lens L 7 and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 9 on the image side in the second lens group G 2 , a surface on the object side of the positive meniscus lens L 12 and a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 14 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 31A , FIG. 31B , and FIG. 31C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the sixteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 31A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 31B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 31C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 32A , FIG. 32B , and FIG. 32C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the sixteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 32A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 32B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 32C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the sixteenth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a negative refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 1 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a prism L 2 , and a cemented lens of a negative meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a positive meniscus lens L 4 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a negative meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the negative meniscus lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LC
  • a positive meniscus lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LB
  • a negative meniscus lens L 5 corresponds to the lens LA.
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA and the lens LC
  • a glass material D is used for the lens LB.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 6 and a cemented lens of the biconvex positive lens L 7 and a biconcave negative lens L 8 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop S is disposed between the biconvex positive lens L 6 and the biconvex positive lens L 7 .
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a biconcave negative lens L 9 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 10 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 is fixed.
  • the second lens group G 2 moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 after moving toward the object side, moves toward the image side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 after moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the second lens group G 2 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to six surfaces namely, both surfaces of the negative meniscus lens L 3 which is second from the object side and a surface on the image side of the negative meniscus lens L 5 on the image side in the first lens group G 1 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 6 in the second lens group G 2 , and a surface on the object side of the biconvex positive lens L 10 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 33A , FIG. 33B , and FIG. 33C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the seventeenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 33A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 33B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 33C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 34A , FIG. 34B , and FIG. 34C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the seventeenth embodiment, where, FIG. 34A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 34B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 34C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the seventeenth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 1 having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a prism L 2 , and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 3 and a positive meniscus lens L 4 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 3 corresponds to the lens LA
  • the positive meniscus lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LB
  • a glass material A is used for the lens LA
  • a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 5 and a negative meniscus lens L 6 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop S is disposed between the biconvex positive lens L 5 and the negative meniscus lens L 6 .
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes in order from the object side, a positive meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward an image side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 is fixed.
  • the second lens group G 2 after moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 after moving toward the image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the third lens group G 3 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to eight surfaces namely, three surfaces of the cemented lens in the second lens group G 2 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 4 and both surfaces of the negative meniscus lens L 6 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the image side of the positive meniscus lens L 7 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • FIG. 35A , FIG. 35B , and FIG. 35C are cross-sectional views along an optical axis showing an optical arrangement at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eighteenth embodiment of the present invention, where, FIG. 35A shows a state at a wide angle end, FIG. 35B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 35C shows a state at a telephoto end.
  • FIG. 36A , FIG. 36B , and FIG. 36C are diagrams showing a spherical aberration, an astigmatism, a distortion, and a chromatic aberration of magnification at the time of infinite object point focusing of the zoom lens according to the eighteenth embodiment, where, FIG. 36A shows a state at the wide angle end, FIG. 36B shows an intermediate focal length state, and FIG. 36C shows a state at the telephoto end.
  • the zoom lens of the eighteenth embodiment includes in order from an object side, a first lens group G 1 having a negative refracting power, a second lens group G 2 having a negative refracting power, a third lens group G 3 having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group G 4 having a positive refracting power.
  • the first lens group G 1 includes in order from the object side, a negative meniscus lens L 1 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, a prism L 2 , and a positive meniscus lens L 3 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the second lens group G 2 includes in order from the object side, a cemented lens of a biconcave negative lens L 4 and a positive meniscus lens L 5 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a negative refracting power as a whole.
  • the biconcave negative lens L 4 corresponds to the lens LA and the positive meniscus lens L 5 corresponds to the lens LB. Moreover, a glass material A is used for the lens LA and a glass material B is used for the lens LB.
  • the third lens group G 3 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 6 and a negative meniscus lens L 7 having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • An aperture stop S is disposed between the biconvex positive lens L 6 and the negative meniscus lens L 7 .
  • the fourth lens group G 4 includes in order from the object side, a biconvex positive lens L 8 , and has a positive refracting power as a whole.
  • the first lens group G 1 is fixed.
  • the second lens group G 2 after moving toward an image side, moves toward the object side.
  • the third lens group G 3 moves toward the object side.
  • the fourth lens group G 4 moves toward the image side.
  • the aperture stop S moves along with the third lens group G 3 .
  • An aspheric surface is provided to eight surfaces namely, three surfaces of the cemented lens in the second lens group. G 2 , both surfaces of the biconvex positive lens L 6 and both surfaces of the negative meniscus lens L 7 in the third lens group G 3 , and a surface on the image side of the biconvex positive lens L 8 in the fourth lens group G 4 .
  • f denotes a focal length of the entire zoom lens system
  • F NO denotes an F number
  • ⁇ denotes a half angle of field
  • WE denotes a wide angle end
  • ST denotes an intermediate state
  • TE denotes a telephoto end
  • each of r1, r2 denotes radius of curvature of each lens surface
  • each of d1, d2, . . . denotes a distance between two lenses
  • each of nd1, nd2 denotes a refractive index of each lens for a d-line
  • each of ⁇ d1, ⁇ d2, . . . denotes an Abbe constant for each lens.
  • * denotes an aspheric data
  • ER denotes an effective radius
  • STO denotes a stop.
  • r denotes a paraxial radius of curvature
  • K denotes a conical coefficient
  • a 4 , A 6 , A 8 , A 10 , and A 12 denote aspherical surface coefficients of a fourth order, a sixth order, an eight order, a tenth order, and a twelfth order respectively.
  • ‘e ⁇ n’ indicates ‘10 ⁇ n ’.
  • zoom ratio( ⁇ ), half angle of field, image height (y10) in all the embodiments are described below in a values of conditional expression corresponding table.
  • Example 1 Example 2
  • image forming optical system of the present invention in which an image of an object is photographed by an electronic image pickup element such as a CCD and a CMOS, particularly a digital camera and a video camera, a personal computer, a telephone, and a portable terminal which are examples of an information processing unit, particularly a portable telephone which is easy to carry.
  • an electronic image pickup element such as a CCD and a CMOS, particularly a digital camera and a video camera
  • a personal computer a telephone
  • telephone and a portable terminal which are examples of an information processing unit, particularly a portable telephone which is easy to carry.
  • Embodiments thereof will be exemplified below.
  • FIG. 37 to FIG. 39 show conceptual diagrams of structures in which the image forming optical system according to the present invention is incorporated in a photographic optical system 41 of a digital camera.
  • FIG. 37 is a frontward perspective view showing an appearance of a digital camera 40
  • FIG. 38 is a rearward perspective view of the same
  • FIG. 39 is a cross-sectional view showing an optical arrangement of the digital camera 40 .
  • the digital camera 40 in a case of this example, includes the photographic optical system 41 (an objective optical system for photography 48 ) having an optical path for photography 42 , a finder optical system 43 having an optical path for finder 44 , a shutter 45 , a flash 46 , and a liquid-crystal display monitor 47 . Moreover, when the shutter 45 disposed at an upper portion of the camera 40 is pressed, in conjugation with this, a photograph is taken through the photographic optical system 41 (objective optical system for photography 48 ) such as the zoom lens in the first embodiment.
  • the photographic optical system 41 an objective optical system for photography 48
  • An object image formed by the photographic optical system 41 (photographic objective optical system 48 ) is formed on an image pickup surface 50 of a CCD 49 .
  • the object image photoreceived at the CCD 49 is displayed on the liquid-crystal display monitor 47 which is provided on a camera rear surface as an electronic image, via an image processing means 51 .
  • a memory etc. is disposed in the image processing means 51 , and it is possible to record the electronic image photographed.
  • This memory may be provided separately from the image processing means 51 , or may be formed by carrying out by writing by recording (recorded writing) electronically by a floppy (registered trademark) disc, memory card, or an MO etc.
  • an objective optical system for finder 53 is disposed in the optical path for finder 44 .
  • This objective optical system for finder 53 includes a cover lens 54 , a first prism 10 , an aperture stop 2 , a second prism 20 , and a lens for focusing 66 .
  • An object image is formed on an image forming surface 67 by this objective optical system for finder 53 .
  • This object image is formed in a field frame of a Porro prism which is an image erecting member equipped with a first reflecting surface 56 and a second reflecting surface 58 .
  • an eyepiece optical system 59 which guides an image formed as an erected normal image is disposed.
  • the digital camera 40 structured in such manner, it is possible to realize an optical image pickup apparatus having a zoom lens with a reduced size and thickness, in which the number of structural components is reduced.
  • FIG. 40 is a frontward perspective view of a personal computer 300 with its cover opened
  • FIG. 41 is a cross-sectional view of a photographic optical system 303 of the personal computer 300
  • FIG. 42 is a side view of FIG. 40
  • the personal computer 300 has a keyboard 301 , an information processing means and a recording means, a monitor 302 , and a photographic optical system 303 .
  • the keyboard 301 is for an operator to input information from an outside.
  • the information processing means and the recording means are omitted in the diagram.
  • the monitor 302 is for displaying the information to the operator.
  • the photographic optical system 303 is for photographing an image of the operator or a surrounding.
  • the monitor 302 may be a display such as a liquid-crystal display or a CRT display.
  • As the liquid-crystal display a transmission liquid-crystal display device which illuminates from a rear surface by a backlight not shown in the diagram, and a reflection liquid-crystal display device which displays by reflecting light from a front surface are available.
  • the photographic optical system 303 is built-in at a right side of the monitor 302 , but without restricting to this location, the photographic optical system 303 may be anywhere around the monitor 302 and the keyboard 301 .
  • This photographic optical system 303 has an objective optical system 100 which includes the zoom lens in the first embodiment for example, and an electronic image pickup element chip 162 which receives an image. These are built into the personal computer 300 .
  • a cover glass 102 for protecting the objective optical system 100 is disposed.
  • An object image received at the electronic image pickup element chip 162 is input to a processing means of the personal computer 300 via a terminal 166 . Further, the object image is displayed as an electronic image on the monitor 302 . In FIG. 40 , an image 305 photographed by the user is displayed as an example of the electronic image. Moreover, it is also possible to display the image 305 on a personal computer of a communication counterpart from a remote location via a processing means. For transmitting the image to the remote location, the Internet and telephone are used.
  • FIG. 43A is a front view of a portable telephone 400
  • FIG. 43B is a side view of the portable telephone 400
  • FIG. 43C is a cross-sectional view of a photographic optical system 405
  • the portable telephone 400 includes a microphone section 401 , a speaker section 402 , an input dial 403 , a monitor 404 , the photographic optical system 405 , an antenna 406 , and a processing means.
  • the microphone section 401 is for inputting a voice of the operator as information.
  • the speaker section 402 is for outputting a voice of the communication counterpart.
  • the input dial 403 is for the operator to input information.
  • the monitor 404 is for displaying a photographic image of the operator himself and the communication counterpart, and information such as a telephone number.
  • the antenna 406 is for carrying out a transmission and a reception of communication electric waves.
  • the processing means (not shown in the diagram) is for carrying out processing of image information, communication information, and input signal etc.
  • the monitor 404 is a liquid-crystal display device. Moreover, in the diagram, a position of disposing each structural element is not restricted in particular to a position in the diagram.
  • This photographic optical system 405 has an objective optical system 100 which is disposed in a photographic optical path 407 and an image pickup element chip 162 which receives an object image.
  • the objective optical system 100 the zoom lens in the first embodiment for example, is used.
  • a cover glass 102 for protecting the objective optical system 100 is disposed.
  • An object image received at the electronic image pickup element chip 162 is input to an image processing means which is not shown in the diagram, via a terminal 166 . Further, the object image finally displayed as an electronic image on the monitor 404 or a monitor of the communication counterpart, or both. Moreover, a signal processing function is included in the processing means. In a case of transmitting an image to the communication counterpart, according to this function, information of the object image received at the electronic image pickup element chip 162 is converted to a signal which can be transmitted.
  • the lens component, the image forming optical system, and the electronic image pickup apparatus according to the present invention are useful for realizing specification such as small-sizing, thinning, weight reduction and cost reduction, and for securing optical performance which sufficiently can withstand increase in the number of pixels.
  • a lens component for realizing an optical system in which various aberrations are corrected favorably even when functional specifications of the optical system become high, and an image forming optical system and an electronic image pickup apparatus having such lens component.

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